Monthly Archives: January 2022

Car bomb hits outside Mogadishu airport in Somalia; 8 killed

Mogadishu, Jan 12 (AP) A car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside the international airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least eight people and...

NATO, Russia to hold more high-level talks despite tensions

Brussels, Jan 12 (AP) NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military organisation and Russia have agreed to try to schedule more meetings,...

Djokovic: Not isolating after COVID infection was ‘error’

Melbourne, Jan 12 (AP) Novak Djokovic knew he'd tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photo shoot in Serbia last...

Pakistan’s new security policy seeks peace’ with India: Report

Islamabad, Jan 12 (PTI) Pakistan is willing to make peace with immediate neighbours, including India, under its first-ever National Security Policy which leaves doors...

Sri Lanka seeks 1 billion dollar loan from India

Colombo, Jan 12 (PTI) Sri Lanka is negotiating a USD one billion loan from India to import goods from the country, the governor of...

Singapore govt bans book on political cartoons due to its offensive’ religious content: Minister

Singapore, Jan 12 (PTI) Singapore has banned a book on political cartoons due to its offensive content , with the government on Wednesday defending...

Sri Lanka to return Indian prisoners under SAARC prisoner exchange agreement

Colombo, Jan 12 (PTI) Sri Lanka will hand over two Indian prisoners, who have been serving life imprisonment in the island nation, to India...

NATO, Russia in high-level talks as Ukraine tensions simmer

Brussels, Jan 12 (AP) Senior NATO and Russian officials are meeting Wednesday to try to bridge seemingly irreconcilable differences over the future of Ukraine,...

SHTF recommends calling off super-spreader events

Schools to remain closed, entry only for fully vaccinated Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The State Health Task Force (SHTF) has recommended calling off or deferring...

Allegations against CM baseless, says Felix; invites ANYA for talk to call off bandh

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: Home Minister Bamang Felix has termed the All Nyishi Youth Association's (ANYA) allegations against Chief Minister Pema Khandu "vague and...

Nyishi legislators denounce ANYA’s bandh call

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: Fourteen legislators from the Nyishi community have condemned the All Nyishi Youth Association's (ANYA) announcement to enforce a 36-hour capital...

Bridge connecting Tutnu with Nogna in Tirap completed

KHONSA, 11 Jan: The construction of the 45-metre-long RCC bridge over the Tirap river, connecting Tutnu with Nogna in Tirap district, has been completed,...

ANYA bandh call declared illegal; DA halts entry of non-domicile persons into ICR without...

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) district administration has declared the 36-hour bandh announced by the All Nyishi Youth Association (ANYA)...

NES urges ANYA to withdraw bandh call

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The Nyishi Elite Society (NES) has appealed to the All Nyishi Youth Association (ANYA) to call off its proposed 36-hour capital...

Nagaland firing: Govt asked to make SIT probe report public

KOHIMA, 11 Jan: Naga civil society organizations on Tuesday demanded that the Nagaland government make public the findings of the special investigation team (SIT)...

ACCI to conduct IMWA election

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The Itanagar Capital Region deputy commissioner has notified the Arunachal Chamber of Commerce & Industries (ACCI) to conduct the election...

Fire destroys teachers’ barracks

AALO, 11 Jan: Five teachers' bachelor barracks were destroyed in a massive fire that broke out in the vicinity of the secondary school in...

70 km walkathon held to press for repeal of AFSPA and justice for those...

KOHIMA, 11 Jan: Hundreds of Nagas took part in a two-day 70-km-long walkathon from the commercial hub of Dimapur to here that concluded on...

NERIST, KV 2 contained

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: The NERIST campus in Nirjuli and KV No 2 in Chimpu have been declared as micro-containment zones, following detection of Covid...

Union alleges substandard work under PMGSY

BOLENG, 11 Jan: The Siang District Law Students' Union has alleged substandard work in the construction of a rural road under the Prime Minister...